Sunday, January 30, 2005

User Manuals and Average Americans

One might think that the average American is dumb. I mean look at their crazy lawsuits. And how would you explain the need to have all those common sense warnings on their products and in their manuals? I do not understand this. It is just ridiculous, look at http://www.mlaw.org/

However, sometimes I appreciate American manuals. At least they are not terribly translated in e.g. German, so there is not artificial language barrier like "Manual German"-German which has to be bridged. But I wonder, when Amercian consumers or more precisely the male part of the American people demand user manuals for the female part. I mean sometimes one simply cannot even guess what they want, like, etc. In this regard, a comprehensive manual written would be condusive.

If drafting such a manual is not feasible, one should consider to deliver women with warning labels:
Mind mood swings!
Do not over-interpret firendly reactions!
Do not touch without permission!
Body shape might change over the years!
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